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Frugal Nurse celebrates Book Lovers Day!

I’m a day late, but since I don’t post on Wednesdays, I have to celebrate Book Lovers Day today instead 🙂

Not surprisingly, most of the books I read these days are related to healthcare. But that doesn’t mean they are all written like textbooks. I’m always on the lookout for authors who can transform complex and often boring subjects into entertaining reading material.

Here’s a short list of some of my favorites. Happy Book Lovers Day!

(FYI–These are Amazon links, but I include them for your information only. Although I use Amazon on occasion, I prefer to get my books at my local library or a second hand store.)

Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?: How the Famous Sell Us Elixirs of Health, Beauty & Happiness

An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back

God’s Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine

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Frugal Nurse celebrates Book Lovers Day! — 4 Comments

I also love books and read to relax after stressful shift. I enjoyed reading “The Nurses,” and “God’s Hotel,” but I loved “Chicken Soup for the Nurse’s Soul.” It is too good. The book has motivational and inspiring short stories – great read.

Hi Alexina, I totally agree! I’ve read that book several times! It’s not only inspirational, but comforting, as good chicken soup should be. Nurses need a hug sometimes, even if it’s from a book 🙂 Cheers, FN

I’m a reader also and keep a reading list of books I want to get to someday. From the list above, I pick God’s Hotel and The Nurse to add to my list of fun reading. Here’s one for you- The Man Who Thought His Wife Was A Hat. It’s full of strange but true stories of people with diseases that effect the brain!

I love Oliver Sacks! I read “The Man Who Thought His Wife was a Hat” while in nursing school. Definitely a gripping set of tales. “God’s Hotel” is a lovely book, but bittersweet because it describes healthcare is it used to be, as it should be, but NOT how it is now. Still, it gives us healthcare providers something to aspire to…Happy Reading, Carol! FN

Frugal (froo-guhl); adj.

Economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; requiring few resources.